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PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO v. PALO SECO FRUIT CO.

No. 3870.

136 F.2d 886 (1943)

PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO v. PALO SECO FRUIT CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 9, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Cattron Rigby, of Washington, D. C. (Manuel Rodriguez Ramos, Acting Atty. Gen. of Puerto Rico, of counsel), for appellant.

Herbert L. Barrett, of Boston, Mass., and L. E. Dubon, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, for Palo Seco Fruit Co.

Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Vernon L. Wilkinson, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Before MAGRUDER, MAHONEY, and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.

WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

During October, 1941, the United States Government by condemnation proceedings obtained title to and possession of the appellee's land in Puerto Rico. The question raised by this appeal is whether the insular government is entitled to receive out of the money deposited in the court below as compensation for this land the full amount of the property taxes for the fiscal year current when the land was taken. The court below ordered that the...

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